A Clifton man who was fired from a Bayonne warehouse was arrested Wednesday after he returned to the facility and went after a worker with a box cutter, police said.

At 10:13 a.m., police responded to a warehouse at 180 Pulaski St. and found Ariel Hernandez, 22, being held down by several employees, police said.

On a table not far from where Hernandez was being held, police saw a box cutter, which was quickly secured by officers.

According to a supervisor at the warehouse, Hernandez was a temporary employee and was asked to leave the warehouse due to irrational behavior, police said. Hernandez initially complied, but returned a short time later and began cutting up cardboard boxes with a box cutter for no reason, police said.

When the manager and another employee asked him again to leave, Hernandez became enraged and charged at the employee with a box cutter, taking a swipe at his head, police said.

Hernandez’s sharp swing missed its target, and other employees quickly took down Hernandez and removed the box cutter, police said.

The employee he targeted did not appear to be injured and declined medical attention at the scene, police said.

Hernandez was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, and later released on a summons, police said.